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[News] RetroDECK - 0.7.1b - Released! (lemmy.zip)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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RetroDECK - 0.7.1b - Released!

News

We also have our official Lemmy community over at: [email protected]

Information:

Steam Deck users update RetroDECK from Discover in Desktop Mode.
Don't forget to reapply the latest controller layout: Go into the Templates tab and reapply the new profile ending with 0.7.1b (there is no need to reinstall the entire layout from the Configurator).

Bugfixes & other changes:

Fixed an issue to make sure the RD controller layout file at update with each RD update.
Fixed an issue with PPSSPP that made L and R incorrectly bound.
Fixed an issue in the Configurator that prevented the Yuzu preset for swapping A/B X/Y from working.
Fixed an notification issues on the latest SteamOS Beta releases.
Fixed an rsync permissions issue in the RetroDECK Framework.
Updated Yuzu presets to handle new config syntax in the RetroDECK Framework.
Changed auto-update to notification only, until permissions error can be worked out.
Added some new pixelart icons by ItzSelenux (pixelitos-icon-theme)

Updates

All Emulators and ES-DE have been updated

Steam Deck - Global Controller Layout:

We have done some changes based on community feedback

Layout Changes:

Select is now a hotkey trigger while pressing it down, L4 and R4 are still triggers as well.
The RetroArch combo of Select + Start = Quit now works on many SA-Emulators.
Open Menu is removed from Select.
R5 = A button (this allows for great Wii controls on the right touchpad and pressing down the R5 for A).
L5 = B button.

Global hotkey changes:

Open Menu is on Y.
Increase Emulation Speed is on Dpad-UP.
Decrease Emulation Speed is on Dpad-Down.
Fullscreen OFF command is removed (as emulators have migrated to toggle).

Known issues

The built in auto-updater is not working (we are working on it).
Some emulators don't have hotkey support or have bugs affecting their hotkeys.

Also check out our community over at :

Discord: https://discord.gg/Mv3GZnwrE8

If you don't know what RetroDECK is or want more information check out the wiki over at our Github:

https://github.com/XargonWan/RetroDECK/wiki

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

This looks useful! Though I have to ask, why does this exist when EmuDeck is already a thing? What’s the “special sauce” for RetroDECK?

[–] Russianranger 4 points 1 year ago

I remember awhile back when steam deck and emudeck were in their early early stages and complaints about how it was hard to fully remove emudeck as the files were still located in several different directories. Don’t know how much that pain point has changed personally, but I think retrodeck made it simpler to install/uninstall.

Personally I use emudeck, and haven’t had the need to uninstall, so can’t attest to the accuracy of that claim. But can assume for those folks that are worried about it, retrodeck fills that.

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